Review- X-Men: Apocalypse
Well, looks like X-Men is really on track now that Marvel is involved, and you can always tell when they are when Stan Lee makes his contracturally mandatory cameo in the flick. Apocalypse, as it...
View ArticleReview: Independence Day Resurgence
Twenty years to wait for a sequel? I think that ties it with the Star wars prequels; really long time. But, the bit question… is it worth it? Is ID4-2 what we might have hoped for? Or will it just be...
View ArticleCover for Second Flaatphut Story
Okay Spidey Friends- Whoops, can’t use that. Okay then, hello all True Believers- No, that one’s taken as well. Well, the point is that, for a while now some opeople have been asking me when I’ll...
View ArticleNew Inspector Flaatphut Story Goes Live!
Okay, so the cover looks good enough; it’s the story that counts. And I’ve just submitted it to Amazon to go live. It should be available in about 12 to 24 hours, at which point i’ll put up a link and...
View ArticleThe Next Flaatphut Is In!
Putting all things Maldene aside for a moment, there’s another series of stories that I write between all the Big Stuff; stories just to have some fun. Inspector Flaatphut is a tongue-in-cheek...
View ArticleMaldene Teaser On You-Tube
Well, I’m finally catching up with the times. I’ve turned my little audio narrative of Chapter One of Maldene into a You-Tube video for viewing by the entire Tube-verse. So, here goes the embed…
View ArticleFirst Maldene Vid-Log
Well, just thought I’d give this YouTube thing a bit more of a try, so I’ve started with a little quick one listing a couple more factoids about the books. Just enough to wet your appetite. That...
View ArticleMaldene Bundle… With Map!
Maldene is the epic of epics, a story so vast that the mere start of it has to be sold in two volumes. But now something is brewing. For the first time, the first Maldene novel is available the way it...
View ArticleAds
You may notice some ads appearing on my site. that’s just me, the poor starving author, trying to kick up some extra cash. Still experimenting with Adsense, so please let me know (in polite terms,...
View ArticleMajor Price Reduction For Fantasy Epic, Maldene!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (9/8/2016) Description: Southern California native Mark Anthony Tierno has crafted a truly epic fantasy novel that will take you to the ends of a world of magic, alien vistas,...
View ArticleA New Page for My OTHER Series
If you’ve been to the Ordering Page then waaay at the bottom you may have seen links to a couple of stories about a guy named Inspector Flaatphut. So who is this guy? What does he have to do with...
View ArticleNew Writing Tips Video
Okay, so it took me a few months to get around to doing another video log, but here I am. A new Writing Tips vid on passion in your writing. See it either on the book site at www.maldene.com/videos or...
View ArticleMovie Review: Dr. Strange
I’ve never had a chance to really read comics but I have seen every comic-book-inspired TV series and movie that came out since I was 3… including the first attempt at Dr. Strange on TV back in the...
View ArticleWhat Makes Maldene Different
This is a question I have been asked on occasion, and certainly one you want an answer for if you’re to market a novel, but it is to me the single hardest question to answer. Why, you ask? Because...
View ArticleNew Xmas Price Specials for Maldene
Well, it’s finally the Christmas Season (I don’t start counting until Dec 1), and time to start handing out presents. So, here’s mine. After giving it some long and careful thought, I have reduced...
View ArticleNew Maldene Video: What Makes Maldene Different
Got around to doing another video, this time a video version of my article “What Makes Maldene Different,” where I attempt to answer that question in the expected one-line sound-byte… I failed; there...
View ArticleRogue One Review
Okay, so I saw Rogue One, and I must say i really liked it- both for the story, effects, and the miracle they pulled of bringing dead actors back to life. Through a combintation of doubles, computer...
View ArticleReviewing Passengers
Deep space passengr liner/colony ship is going along and someone wakes up a few decades too early: looked lik a good setup in th commercials, right? right? Okay, first, what’s okay: Wll, it has...
View ArticleRIP Carrie Fisher
I don’t do obits or any of that entertainment magazine type stuff, but my God there are just some things that just call you to say something about it and I might as well do it here. The year 2016 has...
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